INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrahs long-awaited return to cricket dealt another blow with the Indian rate spearhead all set to miss out on the
upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, ESPNCricinfo reported on Tuesday.Mumbai Indians pacer Bumrah, who has actually been out of action
at the international level since September 2022, has actually been offered the option of going through back surgery.There is a possibility
that Bumrah could also miss out on the World Test Championship last (subject to Indias credentials) arranged to be played from June 7
onwards at The OvalBumrah missed the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh tour and the house series versus Sri Lanka and New Zealand
He is also not part of either the Test or the ODI team for the Australia series.The medical personnel of the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru is dealing with Bumrahs case urgently and recommended him to undergo
surgical treatment after facing repeating niggles in his lower back which surfaced initially in the kind of stress response last August.A
decision on the next action is expected to be taken quickly by BCCI in coordination with the NCA and Bumrah, keeping in mind the ICC Cricket
World Cup, which is set to happen in India from October-November this year.It has actually been a discouraging wait for Bumrah, who has
tried to rebound more than as soon as considering that suffering a back injury in August which ruled him out of the Asia Cup
The injury did not appear major as he was named in Indias T20 World Cup squad in September and even played the last two T20Is against
Australia on September 23 and 25
3 days later on, Bumrah did not play the first T20I versus South Africa and it was found out that he was considered scans, which exposed a
stress-related injury in his back
He was rushed to NCA and the scans there validated that the injury was serious
It ruled him out of the T20 World Cup, in which India accomplished a semifinal finish.Bumrah resumed his rehab in November and began to bowl
His development seemed to be positive as he was added in the white-ball series played in January more than a week after the initial squad
was picked up.Bumrah had carried out the match simulation exercises in the NCA, however pain resurfaced while using up greater workloads
during fitness drills in January
Scans exposed the advancement of a fresh niggle, which ruled him out of the Sri Lanka series and Border-Gavaskar Trophy against
Australia.Indian team management and skipper Rohit Sharma want Bumrah to return back to the side only after acquiring complete physical
fitness, with Rohit warning against hurrying the pacer back into the group.(With ANI Inputs)
